Why I won't Come Out on National Coming Out Day

[Shana A]

Why I won't Come Out on National Coming Out Day
Filed by: Yasmin Nair
October 11, 2008 10:30 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/why_i_wont_come_out_on_national_coming_o.php

Public discussions around sexuality evoke simplistic narratives about gays versus conservatives. We automatically assume that anything gay is part of a leftist or progressive agenda. In this context, National Coming Out Day takes on the aura of a sacred rite of passage for an entire nation, a way to prove that its collective self is tolerant towards its lesbians, gays, bisexual, and transgender citizens (LGBT).

Well, I'm an out queer lesbian who sleeps with men. Clearly, there isn't a place for me in that acronym. But that's not my real problem with National Coming Out Day.

[Kaitlyn]

Awesome.  She's exactly right.